The Kennedy Center Honors recipient transcends race, ... Singer-songwriter, actor and record producer Lionel Richie, photographed in Beverly Hills, is a 2017 Kennedy Center Honors recipient.

Lionel Richie Performs on 'GMA' By ABC News. July 23, 2004, 3:00 PM. ... Richie says he believes that a hit song should touch people of any age or race.

Lionel Richie Sr. died in 1990 with his son by his side. "It gave me an opportunity to kind of take a look over my shoulder just a little bit to see where I was in altitude.